ADR Prof Blog

From Jean Sternlight via the list serv.  The conference is planned for Friday February 21 and Saturday Feb. 22, 2014. ————————- In recent years both academics and practitioners have increasingly begun to recognize that the field of psychology has a tremendous amount to offer practicing attorneys. Traditionally, those who connected law and psychology focused primarily on [...]

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At the ABA Dispute Resolution Section meetings in Chicago the national rounds of the Representation in Mediation Competition were held.  As always, we were very impressed with the competitors, especially the team from Faulkner University’s Thomas Jones Goode School of Law who won the championship.  Congrats Faulkner and thanks to all of you who acted [...]

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Following closely on the heels of Quinnipiac’s very wise decision to name ADR Law Prof Jen Brown the next Dean of its law school, Ohio Northern University announced it appointed Richard Bales, currently at Northern Kentucky Chase College of Law, the next Dean of its Pettit College of Law. Congratulations to Rick on this accomplishment, [...]

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As regular readers of this blog will know, our friends Lisa Bingham and Terry Amsler were in a serious accident in London resulting in their hospitalization.   Naturally the people at the Indiana University have the most up to date information on their respective conditions, and here’s the latest from Dean David Reingold of Indiana’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs: As we return from [...]

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Love ‘em or hate ‘em, the USNews rankings came out today.  Here’s the rankings of law school dispute resolution programs. Pepperdine Harvard Missouri Hamline Ohio State Yeshiva (Cardozo) Oregon Marquette UC Hastings Willamette UNLV 14 schools were ranked, and once I get past the paywall, I’ll update this post w/ the remaining 3 schools.  Congratulations [...]

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